Australian cardiac specialists teamed with Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute to operate on 17 patients this month. The visiting medical team from Open Heart International treated 13 children and four adults at the Dar es Salaam facility. Institute director Peter Kisenge said the Australian organization has visited 14 times since 2015 and helped approximately 200 young patients receive care.
Open Heart International coordinator Darren Wolfers said the group works to bring surgical services and medical training to African communities with limited access to cardiac care. Institute surgery director Angela Muhozya praised both the Australian visitors and local medical staff for their efforts. The partnership reduces the number of...
Mount Kenya University acquired a Scania Marcopolo bus and distributed sports gear to athletes and creative arts students on October 25, 2025. Board Chairman Simon Gicharu presented the vehicle to Vice-Chancellor Deogratius Jaganyi at a ceremony held at the graduation pavilion grounds.
The university plans to construct dormitories with 1,500 self-contained rooms, featuring upgraded athletic facilities and a swimming pool. Gicharu instructed administrators to establish scholarships for creative arts students as the sector expands across Kenya. Three athletics students will join the Kenya Defence Forces while Bridgit Lucy Katuku earned selection to represent Kenya at the World Under-21 Taekwondo Championships.
Sports Coordinator William...
Kenya's Human Rights Commission says Tanzania's electoral climate threatens democratic integrity ahead of voting on Wednesday. The group joined regional partners to condemn what they describe as systematic suppression of opposition voices, arbitrary detentions and media blackouts ahead of the polls.
Opposition leader Tundu Lissu faces treason charges after calling for electoral reforms, while his Chadema party is barred from competing in the election. International observers from Belgium, Sweden, Germany and Ireland have withdrawn from monitoring efforts, and foreign journalists cannot enter the country.
The commission warns that enforced disappearances and harassment of critics have escalated. Local media outlets have lost...
Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said authorities have seized 602 illegal weapons from the North Rift region as part of an expanded government campaign against unauthorized civilian gun ownership. The operation has brought peace to previously unstable communities and allowed shuttered schools to reopen, Murkomen told reporters on Tuesday in Baringo County while traveling with President William Ruto.
Baringo residents have voluntarily turned in 170 firearms. Murkomen said the current effort differs from past campaigns because it relies on intelligence gathering and modern technology rather than force, enabling officials to track gun owners, banditry financiers and stolen livestock buyers individually.
The secretary...
Charlene Ruto, daughter of President William Ruto, paid her respects on Tuesday at the burial site of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, Siaya County. She then traveled to the Odinga family residence at Opoda Farm to offer condolences to Ida Odinga, the widow of the late leader.
Political figures from various parties have continued visiting the Bondo home to express sympathy. President Ruto attended the burial service on October 19, 2025, where he called Odinga a dedicated statesman who championed democracy and national unity. Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, Azimio la Umoja officials, and numerous governors, senators, and lawmakers have also made the journey.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula led additional groups...
Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi threatened to dismiss officials if legislation targeting license revocation for traffic violators fails to reach parliament by early next year. He addressed the 10th National Road Safety Conference in Swakopmund on Tuesday, stating that research and meetings are of no value without enforcement measures that reduce highway deaths. The minister announced plans requiring defensive driving instruction before license approval and camera systems in commercial vehicles.
Governor Natalia |Goagoses blamed crashes on reckless behavior and improper permit issuance, urging authorities to examine licensing procedures. National Road Safety Council leader Eliphas !Owos-Oab said the 1972 Road Safety Act restricts...
A former National Petroleum Corporation manager secured release from custody after a magistrate approved 200,000 dollar bail on Tuesday afternoon. Cedric Willemse spent over three months detained following his arrest on July 8 for alleged financial crimes at the state fuel company, where he managed supply operations.
Magistrate Olga Muharukua ruled that the 52-year-old defendant presented reasonable explanations for the questioned bank deposits and determined that further detention served no justice purpose. Willemse faces 10 charges spanning fraud, corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion related to his position at the petroleum corporation.
The accused told the court payments received came from farm meat sales and logistics...
Namibia won recognition for promoting renewable energy investments after the country's development agency received top honors at global industry awards. The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board captured the innovative campaign prize at the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Catherine Shipushu, the board's senior marketing manager, said judges praised the agency's work building interest in hydrogen energy ventures through targeted outreach and investor coordination. The organization previously earned distinctions for foreign direct investment projects and sustainable trade programs in 2023 and 2024.
The award acknowledges promotional strategies that...
African nations must develop pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity to reduce reliance on foreign drug supplies, said Thembisile Xulu at a public health conference in Durban over the weekend. The South African National AIDS Council leader criticized external companies for blocking local production of HIV medications despite the continent's participation in clinical trials and position as the largest consumer of antiretroviral treatments.
South Africa expanded HIV prevention access to more than two million people through oral pre-exposure prophylaxis programs at 98 percent of public clinics. Xulu called for increased government spending rather than continued dependence on international donations to maintain health programs. The country...
